Kate Walsh, Star of Bad Judge, Graces Cover of Backstage Magazine.

Kate Walsh, Star of Bad Judge, Graces Cover of Backstage Magazine.

Kate Walsh, executive producer and star of “Bad Judge,” on the cover of Backstage Magazine. Photos by Los Angeles celebrity photographer James Hickey.

In the sun-splashed conference room at L.A.’s Funny or Die HQ, XX is apparently not the model of composure she appears. “It is awesome and awful,” she says with a laugh about her new job as executive producer and star of NBC’s new Thursday night comedy “Bad Judge.” Read the full story here.